1. Verb Forms: Lie/Lay, Sit/Set, Rise/Raise
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Verb Forms: Lie/Lay, Sit/Set, Rise/Raise

2. Transitive Verb Transitive Verbs have an object.
Set – to put or place something.
Set, Sets, Setting, Set, (has/have/had) Set
Raise – to lift up
Raise, Raises, Raising, Raised, (has/have/had) Raised
Lay – to put or place something
Lay, Lays, Laying, Laid (has/have/had) Laid

3. Intransitive Verb Intransitive Verbs do not have an object.
Sit – to be seated, or in a resting position
Sit, Sits, Sitting, Sat, (has/have/had) Sat
Rise – to go up
Rise, Rises, rising, Rose, (has/have/had) Risen
Lie – to rest or recline
Lie, Lies, Lying, Lay, (has/have/had) Lain

4. That’s all, folks!
This lesson is part of the UWF Writing Lab Grammar Mini-Lesson Series
Lessons adapted from Real Good Grammar, Too by Mamie Webb Hixon
To find out more, visit the Writing Lab’s website where you can take a self-scoring quiz corresponding to this lesson